State Security Investigations Service
The State Security Investigations Service ( German investigation service for state security , Arabic مباحث أمن الدولة العليا, DMG mabāḥiṯ amn ad-daula al-ʿulyā , or Amn al-Dawla or SSIS for short ) was one of the three national secret services of Egypt . The Egyptian Interior Minister Mansour el-Essawy , who was in office from March 3 to November 22, 2011 ( belonging to the Sharaf cabinet ) , ordered the dissolution of the authority on March 15, 2011.
organization
The State Security Investigations Service was part of the Ministry of the Interior of Egypt. Its aim was the protection and security of the country, even if it is under suspicion, to serve more to protect and maintain the existence and continuation of the regime. The SSIS has numerous official offices: an investigation office in the Cairo district of Lazoghli, a Supreme State Security Court in Giza and others.
The authority under the Ministry of the Interior, the mainstay of the former Mubarak regime, had more than 100,000 employees nationwide and an extensive network of informers. In addition, the approximately 350,000 paramilitary Central Security Forces (CSF) were at his disposal.
Torture allegations
The service had a largely free hand to take action against oppositional groups such as Islamists, Christians, students, trade unionists, judges and artists who were spied on. The agency has been accused of torture by many organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International . She was charged with torturing prisoners and falsifying elections. This site alleged sexual abuse, humiliation of both male and female prisoners, and persecution of homosexuals, Islamists and Christians by the SSIS.
resolution
On March 15, 2011, the then Egyptian Interior Minister Mansour el-Essawy (or the then ruling military council) announced the dissolution of the State Security Agency. All offices and administrative units of the authority in all provinces of Egypt should be dissolved immediately. With the abolition, the military council or the interior minister complied with a central demand of the Egyptian protest movement .
At the same time, the formation of a new authority called "National Security" ( "National Security Force" ) was announced, which will henceforth be responsible for maintaining the security of Egypt and countering terrorism. This new authority - unlike the dissolved service - "... serve the nation without interfering in the lives of citizens or preventing them from exercising their political rights." (According to Interior Minister Mansour el-Essawy ).
See also
Web links
- Süddeutsche: Egypt and the State Security - bugged, infiltrated, tortured
- FAZ: Three years in prison for fasting and prayer
Individual evidence
- ^ Al-Masry Al-Youm March 7, 2011: Field Marshall Tantawi swears in interim cabinet
- ^ Egypt State Information Service March 8, 2011: New Government Sworn in before Field Marshal Tantawi
- ^ Egypt State Information Service March 16, 2011: State Security Investigation Agency Abolished
- ↑ BBC March 15, 2011: Egypt dissolves notorious internal security agency